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UNION
COLLEGE
will host the
11th
Annual
National
Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC) APRIL 4-5, 2008
What is NUBC?
The National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC) is an
annual event carried under the auspices of the American Society of Bioethics
and Humanities (ASBH).
It is planned and organized by students and faculty to bring together
undergraduate students and leading experts to discuss issues of current
interest within the field of bioethics. NUBC provides a unique national venue
for undergraduates to share their research, their concerns, and their
considered views with each other.
This year�s
Conference Theme:
���������� ��������������The Human Use of
Human Beings in Medicine and Science
Featured Speakers:
����������� �������������Susan E. Lederer, PhD
����������� �������������������"The Myth and Metaphor of Frankenstein"
Tod Chambers, PhD,
����� "Witches, Punks, and
Bioethicists"
Harriet Washington, PhD,
���� ��Medical Apartheid�
Submission Deadline: �March 1, 2008
For Submission Guidelines
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Previous Hosts of
NUBC:
The conference originated at Princeton University
(1998) and has since
been held at the University
of Virginia (1999), Notre
Dame (2000),
Emory University
(2001), Boston University
(2002), Texas
A&M (2003),
University of Michigan
(2004), University
of Pennsylvania (2005),
Notre Dame (2006), and Michigan State
University (2007)
More about the
conference:
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http://ethics.union.edu/nubc.html
Hotel Information:
The eleventh Annual NUBC will convene at the Union College Campus, Schenectady NY
For Reservations,
call the Holiday Inn Schenectady, NY (518) 393-4141. Identify yourself as with
the NUBC� (National Undergrad Bioethics
Conference) to receive the meeting guest room rate of $ 93 for a single/double
room plus tax per night. Note: The
deadline for hotel reservations at the meeting guest room rate is March 4,
2008.
Transportation Information
Albany International
Airport is approx 10
miles from campus and the Holiday Inn has a free shuttle service
The conference is sponsored by:
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American Society of Bioethics and Humanities
�
Rapaport Ethics Across the Curriculum Initiative
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The John Conley Foundation
�
Union College Philosophy Department
�
Ephemeris, Union
College Undergraduate
Philosophy Journal
�
Union Graduate College/Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Bioethics Program
�
The� Sidney A. and Esther
Leifer Family Foundation
Contact Us:
Union College Ethics Across the Curriculum:
807 Union St, Humanities Bldg Rm
023, Schenectady, NY 12308�
�Ph: 518-388-8386��� Fx:�
518-388-8046
